The Thirteenth Dalai Lama on throne in Norbu Lingka Frame:goldThe Thirteenth Dalai Lama (1876 1933) seated on a throne on an ornately carved and painted dais in the Norbu Lingka Palace. Surrounded by thangka, silk banners. This is the throne used by the Dalai Lama on important occasions. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Behind the grove high sand dunes fill the landscape in all directions
The well is topped with a wooden frame built from date palm logs
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party taking a rest in the Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands
The wall behind him is composed of decorated panels and there are religious images behind glass panes
In the foreground a large tree grows beside a well in the midst of a large flat field
The young boy at the centre of the line is possibly Sheikh Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger
a man and a boy walk in front of an 'arish hut
a samurai and officer on the 1862 Takenouchi mission to Europe
with a palm tree prominent and a man in the foreground
during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village
